Improvement in machines for bundling wood



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IIVIPROVEFM'ENT IN MACHINES FOR BUNDLING WOOD.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l0,73l, datcd October25,1870.

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Be it known that I, JOHN RUsHwoRrnt, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Bundling Vood;and I do'hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specificatiomin which drawings- Figure 1 is avertical section of my inven- Json. Fig. 2 is a plan view of thesectional Similarletters indicate corresponding parts. rIhis inventionrelates to machines for bundling wood; and it consists in an openplatform,which is attached to and moves with the plunger for carryingthe wood to be bundled to the hollow knife.

It also consists in a sectional box for delivering the wood to themachine, each compartment of the box being appropriated to a separatebundle.

The letter A designates the frame of the machine, between whose sides isarranged a driver, B, which is connected by a connecting-rod and ring,O, to an eccentric, I), on the shaft E, which has bearings in the top ofthe frame.

The driver B is moved up and down by the eccentric D, and is guided insaid frame by suitable guides, F F, which enter grooves in the edges ofthe driver.

To the bottom of the driver B is attached a platform, G, which moves upand down with it and receives the wood to be bundled. This platform hasan opening, H, through its center, to allow it to descend over andaround a hollow punch or knife, I, made beveled or tapering inside, uponwhose edge the driver forces the wood, causing those portions which arewithin the circumference of the punch to be cut off and separated fromthe outside portions, and to be pushed into the punch, where they arecompressed, ready for tying.

The hollow punch or knife is made of a circular shape in this example,but it may be oval or of any desired shape, and is supported in thebottom of the frame, through which it extends, so as to discharge thebundles below.

The inside of the punch decreases in diameter from its edge downward,for the purpose of compressing the bundle, which it cuts -off from themass, and bringing it into a compact condition ready for tying, and thelength of the punch is such that when the driver forces a fresh bundledown into it a preceding bundle will be forced partly out through thebottom of the punch, where it remains protruding therefrom, so that itcan bev tied with twine orwire until the next succeeding operation nallydischarges it.

The wood to be bundled is deposited in sectional boxes J, divided bypartitions K (one or more) into compartments a little wider in everydirection than the diameter of the punch.

Vhen the driver ascends, one of the sectional boxes filled with wood isplaced on the platform G, with one of the compartments over the punch,and when the driver descends the wood is driven down upon the edge A ofthe punch or knife,` so as to cut out a portion from the mass of thewood and force it into the punch, where it is compressed by its taperingsides into a compact bundle, that portion of the wood which is outsideof the punch or knife remaining in the box while the platform descendsand ascends, and when the platform has risen clear of the punch or knifethe box is pushed along to bring. the next .division over the punch, andthe said outside portions are carried along with the box past the punchand over the edge of the platform.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The platform G, with its opening II, suspended from and moving withthe plunger B, carrying the box J, combined and operating with thehollow knife I, supported in the frame A, and operatingtogether,substantially as .herein shown and described.

2. The plunger B, moving in guides F F on the frame A, carrying thesuspended platform G, and box J, operated by the connecting-rod C,eccentric D, and shaft E, when combined and operating with the vertical1101- low knife I, having its bearings upon the bottom of the frame A,substantially as shown and described.

3. The box J divided into compartments of suitable diameter for jointoperation with the punch or knife I, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

This specification signed by me this Sth day of March, 1870.

JOHN RUSHWORTH.

iftlicsses:

E.' F. KAsTENi-IUBER, J. VAN SATVOORD.

